ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50440
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW519 |
| MSN: | EY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
| RAF Woodbridge |
Attacked by night fighter after bombing the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Sgt.D.B. Bell (rear gunner) baled out over Netherlands and is buried in Oostvoorne Protestant Cemetery in Zuid-Holland (washed up Oostvoorne 8th of June). Emergency landing at Woodbridge. Rest of crew survived but 3 injured. Aircraft damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3727B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
(Roddew:) My father was Flight Engineer, awarded CGM, pilot and radio operator got DFM.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | W7698 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Genneper Weg 2, Reichswald at Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | W1067 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | IJsselmeer SSW of Hindeloopen, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W1184 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 6 August 1942 | W1180 | 78 Sqn RAF | 3 | Sint Odiliënberg - Posterholt; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1115 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Igstadt, Wiesbaden, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W1061 | 78 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wommelgem, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | W7809 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | Abstract, Overijse, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 10 September 1942 | DT491 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 24 September 1942 | R9447 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland | |
mis |
| 26 September 1942 | W7822 | 78 Sqn RAF | 8 | Wadden Sea 1.5 km E of Hörnum, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W1036 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sehestedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | W1275 | 78 Sqn RAF | 6 | north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | JB962 | 78 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northwest of Zons, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2009 23:09 | Roddew | Updated |
| 02-Oct-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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